The New Cosmos
Services Delivered
CD Design
Booklet Design
To Be Delivered
Digital Marketing
Basic Website
Print Design
Merchandise
Vinyl
John Gravel, musician and collector of my artwork, asked permission to use the image of HEAD 38 from my 100 Heads Series for the cover of his new album. I offered to collaborate more on the design, which led to the overall art direction and design of the CD and booklet for The New Cosmos.
The album reflects on his life’s journey, and so the 8 tracks were given custom illustrations inspired by that journey for the booklet and digital streaming platforms like Spotify. The execution of the track artwork pulls stylistic inspiration from stamp designs, as he is an avid collector. The idea of the stamp also plays into the idea of a voyage and traveling over long distances. The art direction also takes inspiration from artwork from classic rock CDs, such as Roger Dean’s work for Yes.
Each track has a backdrop of the background texture in HEAD 38, and every track utilizes a close-up of HEAD 38 to recreate it as a landscape, letting the work feed itself.
Individual track artwork
Smaller icon designs for each track
CD Design
Mockup sample of track artwork on Spotify
As of September 2025, The New Cosmos CDs are in production. Following production will come digital marketing, advertising, a basic website setup, vinyl design, and potentially prints and merchandise.